Lunchtime talk - Eritrea Past and Present
Lunchtime talk - Eritrea Past and Present
Black History Month
Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Venue: Gilbert Scott / Main building room 355
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Elsa Gebrehiwet
Website: event.bookitbee.com/24135/lunchtime-talk-eritrea-past-and-present
As part of Black History Month, the UNESCO Chair team at the School of Education have organised a series of lunchtime talks.
These are FREE events, but registration is strongly recommended!
Eritrea Past and Present
In this second talk, Elsa Gebrehiwet will explore differences and similarities between South Africa and Eritrea over the past 50 years. Apartheid might have been invented in South Africa, but it is by far the only country that suffered from it. The lesser known history of Eritrea will be brought to live, by linking it to key figures in the Black History movement, such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King.
Elsa Gebrehiwet is an English-Tigrinya medical translator and UNESCO RILA Ambassador. In her role as ambassador she runs a community parent group, to talk about the needs of the young Eritreans in Glasgow. She also organises regular gatherings for those young people, to support their development and to provide them with positive local role models.
More information about Elsa Gebrehiwet
Interested in the other talks?
Pieter van der Houwen - External Africa (23 October 2019)